radio compass

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But radio compass bearings were relatively new navigational aids at the time and not trusted by veteran mariners.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019

It is also better for radio compass work.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of 16 B-29s on the way from California to Great Britain was having trouble with its radio compass.

From Time Magazine Archive

This one was to be most casual�a two-day cruise off the New England coast for calibration of the ship's radio compass; a trifling job compared to the 81-hr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quickly he manipulated the coil of his radio compass.

From Curlie Carson Listens In by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)